Jordon's 4th Birthday/Easter/4 day weekend

We had a great 4 day weekend, the boys needed some extra craft things to do, so we decided to do a lot of painting, Jordon loves to paint, and this was David's first taste of it. I think he enjoyed himself, of course he wanted to "taste the paint" too. And there was a lot of silliness such as below,,with Daddy. Playing "where did the belly button go", and David saying "oh no" when it disapears.
Jordon's new Thomas Train shirt.

My Picasso's

We also enjoyed having Mom and Dad's puppies too. The boys were beyond ecstatic when they were here. I don't know how you have pets with young kids, it felt like there were 4 kids. But everything went well and it nice to have them around.

Before Mom and dad left, we had a birthday celebration. On Sunday, April 1st, we did the Alleman tradition of pancakes, but Jordon wanted chocolate in it too, so he was way excited. He loved the musical candle and he almost blew out his candle by himself. It's a work in progress, we hope that by next year he'll have it down.

Below is a silly picture of the boys, i think it was during the same day, they like to make beds out of my couch cushions, or choo choo tracks where they crawl up and down it.

After conference, we had Mom, Dad, Megan, and Zach come over to celebrate Jordon's 4th birthday. It was so much fun to be able to have everyone over. We enjoyed a Lasagna Dinner with wonderful french bread. Afterwards we opened some amazing presents. Gramma and Grampa sure know how to spoil their grandkids. We'll always remember his 4th birthday, no details unless you want them...:) David was very sneaky too, everytime Jordon would open another present he would steal the other toys away to play with them.
We then topped the evening off with cake and icecream.
Thanks everyone for coming to such a wonderful party. We had such a great time.

The party continues.................................................

Yesterday, was a very busy day, it first started with an Easter Egg Hunt, but i'll finish up Jordon's birthday parties first.

After their naps we had a friend birthday party for Jordon at Lion's Club Park, celebrating the big #4! It's so hard to believe that our little boy is growing up and that he'll be starting kindergarten in the fall of 2013. It goes by way too fast. Of course the theme had to be "A Thomas Train Party."

We invited 4 families and they were able to play around at the park on a hot April day. We should've brought sunscreen. He has very nice friends who gave up half of their nap to come to his party, they looked a little tired but happy to be there. We brought yummy cupcakes and icecream sandwiches for everyone. The kiddos enjoyed running around in the park and having plenty of fun.

Here are some pictures of the party.

He is such a big kid, we loved being able to spend time outside with all of his friends and to see such a big happy face. I took him to the doctor for his 4 year checkup, he weighs 33 lbs and is 43 inches tall, tall and skinny as the doctor says, but doing well.

It was quite the day, because earlier that morning we had an Easter Egg Hunt with some friends in the ward. We all gathered together for a pancake breakfast and then went to Scout Park for the Hunt. It was David's first real Easter Egg Hunt, and Jordon after several years of this, he's got it down pat. David wasn't quite sure. Here are some pictures of that event.

Jordon saying "puppy is sleeping" he's been acting like a puppy dog lately.

he's got the cpr pose down!

Jordon knows how to do the hunt very well.

inspecting their candy

there's chocolate mommy!

This was a picture of right before his nap, he is in love with cooked up chicken and dipping it in ranch dressing. Today he decided to face paint with it!

The next day......

Sunday after their naps, we had an at home Easter Egg Hunt for the kids since it was rainy outside. We also decorated some eggs, and this time Jordon wanted to help, it was a little messy for the first couple of eggs, but after he learned to be careful and slowly put the eggs in the cups, he did great. We also made a special Easter Sunday Dinner, made a ham, watermelon, corn on cob, and some pie. The kids were thoroughly spoiled(for like 2 weeks). It'll be a shocker to them when we don't have any special treats in the house.

help me! it won't open!

it's daddy grass head! :) they thought this was hilarious, of course whoever invented easter egg grass should be shot...worst thing to clean up, should be an age set for it, unless i missed it on the package.

It was a great, busy couple of weeks, but we had so much fun, Jordon is a wonderful little boy and we love him so much. Can't believe he is already 4 years old but we are looking forward to all he'll learn this new year. David is doing well too, saying so much, but we'll post on him later.